How These Parents Are Starting To Heal After Enterovirus Took Their 4-Year-Old

January 30, 2015 5:41 PM

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As an outbreak of enterovirus D68 spread across the United States last fall, many parents were swept up by the news, nervously watching to see whether the respiratory illness posed a threat to their children.

EV-D68 is one of more than 100 different types of non-polio enteroviruses, which generally result in only mild illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that between August 2014 and January 2015, more than 1,150 individuals -- mostly children -- were infected with the virus, a ...